N.J. schools rank high in report

12:12 AM,
Jan. 16, 2014

Biotechnology High principal Linda Eno and Anthony J. Schaible, Monmouth County Vocational District assistant superintendent, in an 11th grade biology lab in 2012. The school was ranked the No. 8 high school in the nation in 2013 by U.S. News & World Report.

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New Jersey schools took some of the top scores in the nation for helping students achieve lifetime success and in providing quality K-12 education, according to a report released this week by the magazine Education Week.

In its report "Quality Counts 2014," New Jersey scored second in the nation in terms of Chance for Success, the magazine's calculation of the role education plays over a person's lifetime and future career. Massachusetts has held the top spot in terms of performance for the past seven years.

To measure students' chance for success, Education Week measured high school ...